Thanks to the closely
stacked gear ratios, it should remain relatively straightforward to keep the engines at their optimum rev bands, and the gear changes themselves are fairly smooth and seamless.
The result is a riot with throttle response sharp enough to shave a peach, a truly fierce rush for the red line above 5500rpm, wonderful mechanical smoothness underscored by a crisp, snarling soundtrack, brilliantly -
stacked gear ratios and arguably the slickest gearchange on the planet.
Not exact matches
You have so many
gears that you rarely crave any more grunt from the engine because you can compensate with the closely
stacked multitude of
ratios.
The intermediate
gear ratios - exclusive to ST and specific to each engine - are closely
stacked in the interests of acceleration and paired with a long - striding sixth for refined cruising at speed.
The
gear ratios are closely
stacked so you end up making frequent changes.